Velocipede



(No Model.)

J.. PULLEN.

Velooipede.

No. 236,454. Patented Jan. 11, 188|.

ATENT Fries.

JOSEPH PULLEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VELOCIPED E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,454, dated January11, 1881.

Application filed September 4, 1880. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PULLEN, of Chicago, county of Cook, and Stateof Illinois,

, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Velocipedes, of whichtheibllowingis aspecication, reference being` had to the aecompanyingdrawings, illustrating the improvement, in which- Figure l is a centralsectional elevation of a relocipede embodying my improvement, taken online x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the improved velocipede.

The nature of the presentinvention consists in mechanism to rotate thedrive-wheels ot' a four-wheeled velocipede. A rear and forward bar areattached to the frame of the device, and to the rear bar are hung twolevers, to the lower ends of which are jointed two 'conmeeting-rods. Theforward ends otl the connecting-rods are pivoted to the levers which areactuated to put the devicein motion. The actuating-levers are hung tothe forward bar mentioned, and the rear levers connect withcrank-wheels, which put in motion two main Willey-wheels, and thepulley-wheels put the drive-wheels of the velocipedein motion, as ishereinafter described and shown.

A A shows the main frame of the device, which is constructed, forconvenience, in the form shown, land E lt are the brackets which supportthe shafts S, to each of which are attached thecrank-wheelsJ J anddrive-pulleys I I. A rear bar, B, is attached to the top of the mainframe, and to it are hung two levers, L, so that they may have anoscillating movement. Two connecting-rods, M, are respectively jointedto the lower ends of the levers L, and their forward ends are jointed tothe lower ends of the actuating-levers N N, which are hung to theforward bar, C, to oscillate. Connecting-rods H H are respectivelypivoted to the upper ends` of the levers L, and are jointed tocrank-wheels J by means ot ordinary wrists. This construction is suchthat when the levers N N are alternately brought backward and forwardthe drive-pulleys I I will putin motion, by means of link-belts P P, thepulleys K K, which are attached to the hubs of the wheelsF F.

rIhe levers N N may be operated either by hand or foot; but it operatedby the foot footseats must be attached to them in the ordinary manner.

The forward truck,T Gr, is pivoted to the forward part, A', of the framein the ordinary manner, and is guided or steered by a Wheel, V, chain W,and wheel Y. The wheel V is attached to a standard, Z, which is ixed torotate in the bar C, and the wheell Y is fixed to the standard l of thetrucks.

The lever a is grasped by the hand to turn the wheel V in the ordinarymanner of steering like devices.

In practice the truck-wheel G should be of such diameter as to comebelow the chain W, that the device may make short turns.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of thebars B C, levers L N, connecting-rods M H, crank-Wheels J J, pulleys IK, and chains P, for giving' motion to the velocipede, as specified.

JOSEPH PULLEN.

Witnesses:

A. G. MOREY, G. B. MILLER.

